The Sun. — London, England, 1808-08-31 00:00:00

1 - 1 , . tended as the falling of his Catholic lqajesty into the hands Of CAsTiorOs or MostLA, or PALAvox, or CAS; or CORSTA,'Of BLA'KE! To avoid this'peril, which every moment renders more imminent, it is absolutely necessary to re-pass the PyrenneeS, and preparations are instantly made. Scarcely is the signal given, when spite, fill, r age, and the most ungovernable cupidity seize the troops, from the General to the meanest soldier.— They determine to plunder, at least, those whom they cannot enslave, and to strip those naked whose country they cannot steal ! Madrid is pillaged once tnore by the soldiers of NAPOLEON ; and the vanity of the satellites of a common robber, mortified by the successes of the Spaniards, takes a mean re venge, by violating the women, and murdering the defenceless old, men and children of the capital ! In the midst of these horrible scenes, JosErf( tired of the part of a King, drops his 'assumed cha taaer, and gives a loose to his old habits and his na tural inclinations. Hemight be seen hurrying frodt loom to room through the Palace which he was about to abandon, tearing down the hangings, and packing up all that he could not carry about his per son ! Rich furniture, pidures, clocks, plate, &C. are tumbled pell•mell into . his trunks cannot rule over the Spaniards, but he can rob the Palaceof their Kings': and this consoles him. In the inidit of the general pillage, all eyes were fixed on Jositql, bewildered by his fears, ivith hiS hands and his Pockets full, trdveriiirs like a footpad the ift•efs of his 406 d City o f Madrid ) . ltd equally .4.plirehettiYi of the poiguard and the gallihis. HistOry, ive wiil 'take upon us 'to ni:t ...,,tb tliisent, in any age, a 'similar piaure. , ; 4VaFPII„ made ekape from the Palace Of Kings as 2 4 1 sharp' er 'steals away 'from an Inn . , withbut paying . his a te ckimtjng. and with 'the landl6idrs *spOons in his pock( t This King of Ihe'new setting Oat tO reign ovr 'the 'c o untry Of CtsvArrizsi has exlii; b'ted a specie s ' c if madn e ss diametrically opposite td` that Of Dutg QUixorE. The Knight Mistook inns for citsfles' l but tills pitiful Corsican, who dreamed • for a tew hoiirs that he was King of Spain ffild mistakes castles for inns ! ~., Yest ray morning his MAJESTY, PrinCesges SO. PH I A, AUGUSTA, and Ass E'LIA, accompanied by Lord .SoM ERVIL LE', Lady TH iNNE, Generals CAIIT IVEIGHI' and 'FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, Count ,14 UNSTEl2, and General HARcotia.r, took an airing In the Great Park, where his MAJESTY and PRIN CESSES were.joined by the Duke of CLAKENcg, who returned with his MAJESTY at twelve, and dined with the QtlEzti and PRINCESSES, &C. Yesterday nineteen Artillery waggons, loaded with specie, set off from, the Bank, under a *trong fir l ottsrnouth, there to be embarked tor Spain. Sir CHARLES BRI:q3ANE, Bart. is appointed to his Majesty's 'Ship Blake., launched . last Week, a t Wo.ilwich. 'Captain MENDS will succeed the gal lant Baronet in his late Ship the Arethusa. A Cabinet Council was 'held yesterday afterrtoon at the Foreign °thee. MILIT'A'RY BALL AND gtirrrOn Monday the Officers Of - the King's Own Statfordshire Militia gave a Ball and Supper at their BarraCks to the No bility and Gentry of Windsor and its neighbour=- ,ing taivns and the dancing began at ten ; and they sat down ro supper at two; at 'three -dancing teicommenced, and the company broke up at six. On Friday the Windermere Lake Regatta for thi s 11eas " took place on Windermere Lake. The neigh- -1 1, „, °tlt h° o (l of BoWness, and the ferry neat -- M. CUR- Island, were 'crowded. The effect was con tiderably heightened by 'great 'umbers of - row-hoats 'and pleasure-barges being upon the Lake, many of el 'em graced with beautiful La'ncashire witches, par, 7 34: '3icularly a large boat, with an elegantawning, rowed I3 Y SIX men, dressed in white jackets and trowees,ik W hich were Mrs. BOLTON and twelve Ladies. Di*. scene was enlivened by the excellent band belong, E ing to the Kendal Volunteers. At three o'clock the principal - part of the &impiny 'retired from the boats and the shores, - to d large . tent, pitched upon a lawn, behind the Ferry-house, where a sumptuous dinner was served up, at which IVIr. CUUWEN presided, and after drinking " The The Royal Family," and several appro . - Lriale to asts , M r. CURWEN said be was desired by ady WAKE to give ai a toast, and he was sure every man, woman, and child, throughout this Country, wiaild participate in it, viz. 'tee t ces ws ioshes the acid deerve tr s it anish Paiots, arid may every Nation be ikat He added, tee such a toast as that, he was sure the Ladies would excuse their giving three cheers.—Se veral other toasts. were drank, hut none of them particular. • At Vera, or Bera, near • the french frontiers, i. where the Spaniards occupied a strong position dur ing the French Revolution, there was a famous for tification called the Emigrants' Redoubt, - because it was construBed by French emigrant engineers. Thor Republicans, being in want of provisions, lost 20,099. men in the attempt to take this redoubt ; and, lite rally speaking,. filled the ditches with dead bodies. In consequence of the great demand for marines;-; the Militia were lately put op board the several prison -ships at the Ports in their vicinity to do the duty-. of Marines ; but Government having taken .steps to strengthen' this meritorious branch of the service, the Militia have been debarked, and the .Marines have resumed their duty, to the great satis_ . faetion and advantage of the Navy. A singular occurrence took place on Monday after noon, in the Green Park : a young woman °Pie speetable appearance, sitting between a Lady tad Gentleman on one of the benches, suddenly rasp ; from her seat and threw herself into the water; she was immediately taken out and sent home in a co:teh to her: relations, who live near Leicester- fID DL'ES'EN , Tire Freeholders of this. County havirig been con 'yetted in conseqnence of a rohtlisitiou to the Sheriffs Of the County, they attended yesterday at the Mer maid at Hackney ; and Mr. SMITH, the.senior She riff, having in a short speech stated !rite purport th, Meeting, Major CiitTWRIGHT arose,. and pro posed a string of Resolutions relative to the cause of Spain. He disclaimed all - cOnnexions with phrty, .and declared himself to be only a friend to his coun try. Government, he thought, desered thanks for its conduct towards Spain, and the intercourse which had taken, place between the two countries was, in his opinion, hanonrable to both. He compared the present situation of. Spain to that while it was under its monarchy, and 'the former he considered as the result of national spirit fighting for liberty. We should observe, however, that the Major is mistaken if he supposes that the Spaniards ire .fight :irtgfor such wild notions of liberty as he has always inculcated. They VA' for their independence in deed, against a foreign invaderi but they fight also Tor the restoration of their . lawfUl Government; and we refer our Readers to an 4 rticle on this subject, which appeared in THE gtriv, in which we had autirbrity for saying what we did:tesPeging thearin ciple's and ViewS of the Spaniards, who, whCrt the abu - sed name of 'Patriots was applied to them, were reasonably apprehensivelhat they might be compared with the ruffian Revolutionists Of Franced, wlio trampled upon the altar as well as the thiOne, and violated all human ties lb h vain pursuit of imprac ticable freedom. . In one of the Resolutionsmoved by MajOr CA 4T he-Seethed disposed to have this country,m terfere in organizing the future GoVernment of. Spain when She haS secured her independence. Has time so mbeh impaired the faculties of the Major, that he does hot remember the zeal with which he op posed any interference of this country in the- affairs of France, convulsed as - she was by a Revolution that threatened every surrounding State, and when she was issuing Decrees to anhihilate the allegiance Of every Other people ? Surely the Major ought to trust the wisdom as well as the valour of the Spaniards, and if any reform in their government should hereaf ter be deemed necessary, leave them to make it them erve.s. "But.t he Major, though he disclaimed all party feelings, could not help throwing out a few common place sneer's at Emperors and Kings. After a very dull harangue altogether, enlivened by nothing but what was ca ct lculateto please the loweSt auditors, he con.; eluded by subtnitting the whole of his Resolutions to the Meeting, as well as his sentiments drawn up in the form or a Petition to the House of Commons; and, an Address to his‘Majesty. pia was followed by Mr. MELLISH, who corn plained that due notice had nut been given of the. Meeting. When he first saw. the Advertisement by which it was announced, he was 150 miles from town, and he Inferred that for want of this due notice there were se few Freeholders present. The truth' is, that though the company amounted to less than fifty persons, several who were there, and want -ed• to attract notice, had as little right to pass for Freeholders. of Middlesex, as the natives of Ota heite. Mr. Mellish procedde'd, however, to ani madvert on that Resoleltion which proposed toive advice to Spain on the measures which it would be proper for her to adept. • These sentiments were in unison with the opinions of the majority of the company, but some discussion arose. _ _ Mr. - NARY in a very temperate and judicious manner, supported the sentiments of Mr. Mellish, 85 to the impropriety and indelicacy of at all inter fering in the Counsels of Spain. He heartily joined in the complitnents which had. been paid to this Country on the generous assistance which it had rendered Spain; as well as in all that bad been said in honour of the latter Nation, for the glorious spirit it had displayed. Mr. Perry, for the sake .of preserving a !!pirit of union and harmony in the Meeting, ad vised the mover of the Resolutions to withdraw that which_ expressed so indelicate an interference with the conduct of a high-minded, honourable, and gallant people. After Mr. Powtit and other parsons had deli vered 'heir : sentiments, Baßth.—lreterday the Loan MAYOR examined the.Mealweighere reports, and ordered the price of Bread 'to be raised half an assize, or ed. in the Peck ''a,. ; tO commeace to-morrow, when the price of the Quartern Loaf of wheaten will be one shilling and three-farthings,, and household . eleven-pence farthing. SwasibuNcs LADY.—On Saturday last, as a re :Ma rkably Well-dressed young Lady, accompanied by ga serVont in rich livery, was walking in Hyde Park, .she avas. suddenly seized with .a violent ' fit :it sick- A maid servant, who had the care . ;.)f some Children, 'seeing her distressed situation, recommend edsher to repair to her master's house, which was at no great distance in Park-street, where she would experience every kind attention. In pursuance of this advice, the Sick Lady, leaning on her footman's arm, accompanied by the girl, went to Mr. C-so's house. Being shewn into a room; a . surgeon was immediately setts for, to render her every assistance; Her arm was bled, and it was recommended to her to repose herself for some time on a sofa. In about two hotirs after she rung the bell, and ordered her servant (who is Supposed to be an acc o m pli ce i n man's attire) to bring a coach to carry her to her place of residence, which she stated to be in Upper Cadogaa-place.s--After returning a thousand thanks to the hospitable Hostess for her kind attention, the recovered Sick Lady droVe away ; but how great was Mrs. astonishment, on finding that a number of silver spoona of different sizes, and other valuable portable articles, had made their exit out of the cup s board, along with her late sick guest. She dismissed T POKEY AND MAIL-COACH.--irbe Poney which has excited so much interest in the sporting the coach at Hyde Park Toll-gate, and has hitherto world, and started with the Exeter Mali on Saturday eluded every search and inquiry. MAR T.3OHOUGIT-STREET.-It has been alrea last, is the property of Mr. WARDELL ; it is only stated, that two men a f e w days since made an am. lls' twelve hands high ; three grooms have the leading of it, and Mr. WARDELL went off wi th the Mail. daviretathis Office, that they stispetilea the wife of It was accompanied from town by several amateurs, a : reputable tradesman at Bayswater had been poi staned, and that they were desirous that the body, as far as the second stage. The poney and its eon which was buried on Sunday se'nnight, should be duaor arrived at Salisbury at the same time with the 'taken up and examined. The report having spread, mail coach ; there they gave it a feed of ale and to the serious injury of the hiasband of the deceased, bread, and started as the mail coach horses were put the two men, of the names. of Martin and Like, were to, keeping the lead from Salisbury-6 to 4 were yesterday brought to this office, 'charged with cans- -4 betted at that time on the poney, who appeared 'hta a riot at the funeral. The affair was investi- quite fresh. Within forty miles of Exeter, it was. gated carefully by the Magistrate, when it turned three miles a-bead of the mail : bets at that time out that the report was as malicious as it was dan- were 2toi in fivour of the poney. Accounts there erous. Surg eon received yesterday, that the poney entered Exeter 4. e deceased for several days previous to at Kensington proved - that he forty-five minutes before the mail, which is equal attended h e to her death, and that she dted of a fever. Other wit- a distance of tea miles. This unfortuaate little nesses proved that the husband waited on his wife animal lately carried a .weighty rider seventy miles it) one day. It is accustomed. to drink. ale and with the utmost solicitude, and no blame could be bccr, and has frequently drawls pint of port as a possibly attacirM to him. The D:fendants Were held to bail: • i Lillie. _ . Mr. Mmisti again addressed the company, observing, that considering the respectability of the persons who composed the dinner given in honour of the Spanish cause, which was attended by some of the most distinguished charter hi the coun try, and particularly of the greatest city in the world, it world he highly improper to carry an Address to the Throne, signed by the few Free holders then present. He proposed, therefore, that the present Meeting should adjourn, and a new one snould be convened, of which such repeated notice should be given as might ensure' an assembly so nu merous, and so respectable, as to give due weight to a roessure of such importance in the eyes of the Country and of Europe. Mr. WAIVIMAN followed, and delivered jcst such a speech as he has delivered upon many other public occasions. At length, after some further discussion, it was resolved to publish the proceedings of the day, and adjourn the Meeting. The Thanks of the Meeting were, as usual, voted to the Sheriffs, and the com pany separated, without, however, nominating any period fora future Meeting. TAE UNFORTUNZM CAMPBELL, . , Qn M dsdl lt:ist this unfortunate Gentl4nan suffered the, sentence of tile law at Artmgh. When he found that no hopes el a pardon were to be en, tertained, he hurried t he hop; of his eXeCiltiOn, and appeared impatient to die. He repeatedly supplicat, ed that- he might be shot ; but this, for obrious rea sonS, was refused. At twelve O'clock he was led out l'oreitecution,' and the moment he made his ap- pearance the entire of the guard took Off their caps, and he, in return; saluted them. His father:in-law and another Gentleman remained With him all the time of his confinemetn, and received his corpse, Which is to be taken to his native country*(ScOtlatid) for internient. During the time, of the awful and atfeding ceremony,-,we are informed that an Officer of another Corps took the guard, while the Regi ment were . waffled to their barracks. It is truly lamentable, that the arm of the Li w, the, guilty, must reach the innocent. This unfortunate . tuan, we understand, haS' left a distraCted widoW and five children.; and Captain BOYD, Who fel by his hand, had .a wife and seven ; sixteen victim,- immolated at the bloody Tribunal of Erise Hondur (From the Dublin Correspondent, Aug. O.) BELFAST, AUG. 26.—The sentence of the law was on Wednesday last carried into etiai on Major CAMPBELL, who at last Armagh Assiies was found guilty Of murder, by shooting Capt. BOYD in a duel. After hanging the usual time, the body was taken doWn and delivered to the friends Of the deceased; and yesterday the 'corpse was carried through this town, to be conveyed to Scotland. Vie had received two respites, the last of which terminated on We& nesday. The unfortunate catastrophe which prodneedimch an awful result to Major CAMPBELLy it k to be hoped will not fail of leaving a lesson 'to mankind Of salutary influence. Both of the parties were Gen tlemen eminent in dim profession, of high charac ter and honour, who had long lived on terms c.f mutual friendship and esteem. The unfortunate ir titation of a moment at once deprived' society of one of the best of men, and left a widow and infant fa mily to mourn their 'irreparable loss. Retribution of the most awful kind has fallen to the tot of the othe k . ;. and his 'amiable wife and infant family are also involved in all the distress which the human mind can conceive'. From the period cf the unhappy event to the dosing of the tragic scene; Major CAM PBtLL evinced the most heartfelt grief for what had happened to his friend. • The. sentiment of the Poet was truly his : • Happy in my mind is be that died, For many deaths bath the survivor sulE-rect. • (Beffast Paper.) . - - FUR . THER PARTICULARE.--MajOr CAMPBELL suf fered at twelve o'clock -.at noon, on Wednesday, amidst a vast multitude of sympathising spectators; and his behaviour on the scaffold corresponded with his . unifortn conduit through life: He met his death with pious and becoming fortitude, after, having spent his last moments with Dr. Bowl, the father of his amiable and distressed widoW... His body, after having been suspended the usual time, was put into a hearse in waiting; which left the town immediately, escorted lay Dr. B. for Ayr, in Scot land, to be interred in the family vault. To de scribe the distresses of the fond wife of the deceased would be impossible. Mrs. CAMPBELL, who, it,is already known has used every effort to solicit for the life of her fond and endearing partner, left London by the Glasgow Mail on Saturday night, frantic b'etwixt hope and despair, but still cheered with the probability of her solicitude obtaining at least an other respite. On Monday morning the friend of her husband, at whose house, in Bury-street, St. James's, she resided_ whilst in London, received a letter from the Lady's_father, with the intelligence that ." Major CAMPBELL Was no inore.". The dis traaed Mrs. C. would reach Ayr yesterday morn ing, the very time the corpse of her husband would arrive, and ;we must here. leave the tragic event.— Major CAMPBELL, in his conversation with his in timate friends previously to surrendering himself, had lilWays said, that if he were convieted, of mur der he should• suffer, as an example to duellists in Ireland; but it was Always his opinion that a Jury would not ace:wick him of Murder. It has been erroneously stated, that the Jury recommended the deceased to mercy from his universal good.charac ' ter ; ,but the Jury recommended him in conse quence of their opinion tlig,duel had been a fair one, although by the dire4tion of the Judge they were bound on their petits -I .e convift the Prisoner of murder. 'Major CAMPBELL, previous to his death, observed, that life was not an object so dear to him as the refleaion was distressing that his children and family should bear the stigma that he was executed for murder. On the Bth April died at Rio de Janeiro, whither he had accompanied. the Royal Family and -Govern ment of Portugal, his Excellency 'General Jox:c Fortp.rs, of Sltillator, in the County bf Aberdeen, in the 76th year of his age. He was senior General Officer in the Portuguese Army, General and Go vernor 9f Rio de brieiro, a Counsellor of War, General of Cavalry, and Knight Grand Croix of the illustrious Order of Avis in Portugal, and Carlos 111. In Spain. This much respe&ed veteran was a Lieu tenant at the siege of .Maestricht, in 1748 : he served all those campaigns as well as the seven years war, at the conclusion of which he entered into the strvice of Portugal, where he contributed much to the esta blishing the Tadtics of FREDEMCK the Great (then introduced into most of , the arrnie;i of Europe) into, the Portuguese Army, ..wydier. the iinnaedtate protec tion and friendship of Marshal count LA LIPPE. During a period : ..sf.ne.tir sti years, he , distingu,shed himself in that country bplhk activity, his zeal, and his' incorruptible , integrity, to which last c 4 um stance it was perhaps owing, that he enjoyed lanin terruptedly the favour of four succeeding Sove reigns. The tears and unfeined sorrow of the reigning Prince were the most affecting testimonials of his attachment to the General, as the public and sincere regrets of the people were of his real worth. He was indeed a virtuous. and an honourable man. As a soldier he possessed nt4aunted courage,. inde . fatigable activity, promptitslge and decision. He commanded wit h reputat the Portuguese Army in Rousillon, at the comV9Pceinent of the Revoln tionary War, and he wit hereafter be classgd.among those of 'our Countrymen who 'have -added to the respeetability of the national - chataCler among fo reigners.. '1 NA';;/•AL NEW§. PLYMOtTIip AUGUST 29 Arrived the French Sloop L'Zspoir, laden with naval stores, captured on her passage from L'Orient to l i Sotirdeaux, by the Shannon Frigate. Arived the Entreprenante Cutter, and several light ViCtuallers, from off Brest ; and the Encounter Gun-brig from the westward. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 30 .—Arrived the An Schoon er with a Convoy from the Downs. . . . . DEAL, Au 6. 30.--Arrived the H'unzber Armed Ship from Falmouth with aCoUvoy, which are 'sailed for the River: SHEERNESS, Alm. g.—Sailed tie Jasper, Capt. DANIEL, for the Downs. A Court Martial was held on 'boitl'd the Magnci , . niine, Capt. CHAS. Eft' NS, President, tOr'tlie trial'of the Sub-Lieutenant, Officers and Crew, of die 7'44- ler Gun -brig, for the lass of said vessel, she havirik been captured by a superior force, after an obstinate engagement, in which the Lientdiant being killed; the command &volved on the Sub-Lieutenant; when the Court, after due investigation, were pleased to pronounce a most hOniodrible acquit tai. AUG. 30..;.A.ritiiiii'the Quetec, bf Nit guns, Ron. Capt. G. PAtiCETr. Sailed the Aggressor Gun-brig, Lieut. WATsoN, for Heligoland, with convoy; also the Borer Brig, fitted up for the defence of the watering place there si►e is to have a Bombardier and some Artillerymen on board. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM NEW-YORK, JULY " The arrival of the Osage and Manchester, pre vented the 'sailing 'of the Dake bf Kent Packet, ready for sea on the 7th ult. It is expected that both Mr. ERSKINE and the American Go :verutnent will answer with The present oppor 'tunitY'the Dispatches received from Europe. By tbe;:totte of the Official Gazette, you may see 4 ,09 w flinch Messrs. JEFFERSON and Co. have been Zi'sappeinted in their expedatiohs P Thanks to the wisdom, patriotism, and energy ofthe British Cable net. They hoped to *intimidate England by Non- Importation Ads and Embargoes, measures equally iinpu,itic and foolish, which, as every wise man ex .have a.Alost ruined the American people, and7.:hviil soon starve the French Colonies to the hat - Ws, of the British. Mr. JEFFERSON'S shainetnl. Intl - id to England! has made him forget the in terest as well as welfare of America. Without any foreign alliance to sapport the independence of his country, he is now reduced to see, without means to resent, France dilating with hauteur, and Eng land declining terms, which at another time, might have been acceptable, resenting impertinent pro vocation, either with a silent contempt or a re proachful' mgcleration. BUONPPARTE'S Minister, I'URREACT, is, howeVer, more than ever in favour with the Executive. Even in appointments of officers in the American army his influence is visi ble. Known foreigners and pensioners of his mas. 'ter have, by his disinterested recommendation, ob» 'Wined superior rank, to the exclusion of patriots Who fought . and bled for the independence of their 'country. " American pilot boats, and other small craft, are stated to hdve imported into this country from the Spanish Maio, within six* months, twelve millions of 'dollars. Money is, of course, plenty in the Midst of general misery and discontent. Vermont is flow tolerable quiet, but in most of the marine and commercial States, the people are ripe for an insur reelion."